STEPHEN REES has 20 years of experience in general management and venture capital, 14 years of which in the technology sector. He successfully founded and built-up Astron Group, a microelectronics business with 2,000 employees in Hong Kong and China supplying leading corporations world-wide such as Siemens, Motorola and Alcatel,, was executive board member at Flextronics Inc., a $10 billion technology group with 45.000 employees and quoted on NASDAQ, executed numerous global M&A-transactions, sits on the board of various VC firms in Europe and Asia, managed and exited successful VC deals in Asia, the US and Europe and previously held senior management positions in the IT industry. STEPHEN REES holds both Austrian and British citizenship, has a degree in Production Engineering from the HTL St. Pцlten in Austria and a degree in Finance from the City of London Business School. STEPHEN REES is the founding partner of Atila Ventures.